A study of ectopic pregnancy and high risk factors in Himachal Pradesh

Although the total number of pregnancies have declined over the past decade, the rate of ectopic pregnancies has increased dramatically. Incidence was maximum in 26-30 years of age group (37.6%) and in para 2 (32.9%). Pain was the commonest symptom (91.7%) followed by bleeding per vaginum (71.7%) and amenorrhoea (41.4%). High risk factors were present in 67% of cases (57 out of 85 cases, 7 patients had 2 high risk factors).